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One of my favorite things about a new year is choosing a new planner. I fail at keeping to it most days, but I can’t not have one. This year, my sister-in-law gifted me the Full Focus Planner. It’s a brick that is actually for a quarter, not the full year, and tracks things like annual goals, daily wins, habits, and what worked each week. Typically, I’m more of an old school At-a-Glance gal, so we’ll see how this works. What’s your planner style? A simple calendar? Lots of detail? Have you gone digital? Happy planning in 2023! Cheers, Holly Leber Simmons, ASJA Weekly Editor
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New Year/New Leadership
ASJA
ASJA welcomes a new board and new executive committee as of January 1, 2023. Laura Laing has served as president since July 2020, ably leading the organization through the pandemic and beyond. She has more than earned the right to step back into the role of Past President. Thank you, Laura, for dedication and hard work well beyond the call of duty!
Please welcome our new board members: Holly Rizzuto Parker, Darcy Lewis, Merlissa Lawrence Corbett, and Jen Billock. And congratulations to the new leadership team: Emily Paulsen (President), Lisa Rabasca Roepe (Vice President), Stacey Freed (Treasurer), and Christopher Johnston (Secretary).
Read about our new board and leadership here.
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2023 Annual Conference — Volunteers Needed!
ASJA
The 2023 Annual Conference will take place virtually in mid-May. Want to make this virtual conference our best ever? Many hands make light the work! We need volunteers of all experiences and backgrounds to help plan and publicize the content for the conference that will include tracks for journalism, books, and content marketing. Get more information here.
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The Virtual Education Committee Seeks Your Input
ASJA
ASJA’s Virtual Education Committee is planning programming for 2023. Is there a topic you would like to see covered in an upcoming webinar? Have an idea for a session you would like to organize or be a speaker for? Send ideas to Karen Blum at
karen_blum@verizon.net, or asjaoffice@asja.org.
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The Stripped-Down Guide to Content Marketing provides the answers to your content marketing questions and challenges. It contains valuable, actionable information and advice so you can produce high-quality content that generates results. Buy the book today to gain an edge in your content marketing efforts.
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Register Now for Jan. 26 Virtual Education Webinar on Procrastination
ASJA
Eat the frog. Make a list. Set a timer. Keep to a schedule. Break down tasks. Turn off distractions. Reward yourself. Fail at all of the above, and start again tomorrow.
If you’ve read one or more books about procrastination, subscribed to a productivity newsletter, gobbled up blog posts that offer time-saving or -organizing advice, and still have problems with procrastination, this workshop is for you. In “Gimme a Minute: A Real-talk Procrastination Webinar for Freelance Writers,” ASJA past president Laura Laing will walk us through considering the reasons for procrastination (not all of them are bad!), borrowing from recent research on neurodiversity. Then, we’ll look at ways to trick your natural process, including how to incorporate necessary procrastination.
Join us from 2-3 pm ET on Thursday, January 26, to kick off good habits for 2023. Free for members; $20 for nonmembers. Signup link is here: Gimme a Minute: A Real-Talk Procrastination Webinar for Freelance Writers — American Society of Journalists and Authors (asja.org).
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Make the Most of Your Membership in 2023 — Volunteer!
ASJA
As a grassroots, membership-driven organization, ASJA relies on the good work of volunteers to keep on thriving. Volunteering for an ASJA committee is a great way to connect with other members and have a part in shaping ASJA into the organization you want it to be. The following committees are currently open for new members: Awards, Annual Conference, Client Networking, DEAI, Finance, Member Engagement, Publications, Virtual Education. Please contact the staff at asjaoffice@asja.org with any questions.
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Annual ASJA Writing Awards Open For Entries
ASJA
The 2023 ASJA Writing Awards are open for entries through 9 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 8. Sort through your stories, essays, blog posts, books and content published last year. Pick out the ones that make you most proud - then consult the list of writing award categories for the best fit. Fill out the entry form, and, done!
The Awards rules are here. Descriptions of the awards categories are here. When you’re ready to enter, click here.
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Revamped Member Profiles Are Now Live!
ASJA
They’re here: ASJA’s member profiles are ready to launch. Our revamped profile section puts ASJA members at the forefront and turns the website into a marketing tool for all our members. Showcase your best work and update your profile so that anyone who interacts with ASJA - from editors to literary agents to other members - can see what you and all our members have to offer. For more details and tips for making your profile the best you can, consult the email that went out on December 6 from the ASJA office.
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Got News?
ASJA
Share your writing news, ASJA members! First step, log into asja.com. Then, use this nifty form. to let us know what you’ve been up to. After approval, your submission will appear on the Member News page. The submission also goes to Holly, our esteemed Weekly newsletter editor, who will add it here. And Stephanie, our ASJA Magazine editor, will pull relevant news from the Member News page on the website to include in the print publication. What’s stopping you? Add your news about new book publications, especially important articles, and awards! Please allow 3-5 days for your submission to appear on the website.
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Member News
ASJA
Katie Navarra's co-authored book, "Shoeing the Modern Horse," was released on November 16, 2022 by Trafalgar Square Books.
Rodney J. (RJ) Moore was named the Multi-Hyphenate of the Year in the 2022 Rosie Awards by We Are Rosie. The 2022 Rosie Awards are an annual award opportunity for freelancers, who often get left out of these conversations.
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Predictions for journalism in 2023: AI and tech
journalism.co.uk
2022 has been full of surprises in the tech space. Besides Elon Musk's ill-fated acquisition of Twitter, advances around the Metaverse and artificial intelligence have not slowed down.
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Popularity of freelancing on the rise as 4 in 10 workers participated this year
BenefitsPRO
The impact of the employment paradigm shift that has taken place over the past few years likely will last well beyond the end of the pandemic.
"The unprecedented global shift to remote work created by the pandemic transformed the public’s notion of work and the workplace, and has had a lasting impact on how people view their jobs and careers," according to the Freelance Forward 2022 survey from Upworks.
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Publishers embrace TikTok despite no monetization options
journalism.co.uk
No matter how you feel about its T&Cs and Chinese ownership, TikTok is one of the world’s fastest-growing social networks. While it started off as a space to post memes and dance videos, events such as Black Lives Matter or the war in Ukraine allowed news content to inch its way onto the platform.
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Archiving official documents as an act of radical journalism
Columbia Journalism Review
Democracy’s Library, a new project of the Internet Archive that launched last month, has begun collecting the world’s government publications into a single, permanent, searchable online repository, so that everyone—journalists, authors, academics, and interested citizens—will always be able to find, read, and use them. It’s a very fundamental form of journalism.
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7 common mistakes freelancers make when starting a website
MakeUseOf
Freelancers can quickly make simple websites nowadays. Anyone can use site builders to launch one within hours, but very few actually generate leads and traffic. The reality is that personal websites won’t automatically give you more freelance projects.
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